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No Kimlin and no locks on the bench. I guess Chapman can cover. Is Michael Hooper out of favour or injured?

Probably not. Giteau was no chance of getting the money he is on now so that will have already been factored in to what the ARU renegotiations have been with Moore, Mitchell etc. Agree with you Lee. Giteau is absolutely no chance for a spot against the Lions unless about 5 of our 12's get...

1. Crusaders 2. Waratahs 3. Bulls 4. Reds 5. Blues 6. Stormers 7. Sharks 8. Hurricanes 9. Brumbies 10. Chiefs 11. Lions 12. Force 13. Rebels 14. Highlanders 15. Cheetahs Interesting that the teams with the best backrows, Force and Cheetahs, are not widely expected to trouble the...

Maybe I over-emphasised a little but you get the drift of my argument. I would guess Pocock and Hodgson would be the only two players to miss less in a season and Pocock missed half the season. Maybe Ant would be close. I do like WJ's response though. Spot on for mine. Did you...

Not to be picky but a 6 on 4 overlap is much harder to make work than a 2 on 1 or 3 on 2. Principle's the same but you require more room because the four have more opportunity to slide.

Great throwaway line. Unfortunately it bears no resemblance to the truth if you watch the Tahs games closely. The criticism of Carter is that he is slow when he gets the ball in space ON ATTACK. His linespeed in defence has never been questioned, by me at least. And the quality of his attack...

That footage played clearer on my PC than the you-tube one. A couple of comments: The Force have huge problems with their scrum. That was ugly unless you're a Tah supporter. Carter had a blinder. Tahs 24 needs tackling practise (a lot of practise). What was Greg Petersen doing sea-gulling...

That's the team I'd like to see too Topo. I think bringing Fatcat back through the reserves bench would help him adjust plus we would get to see Kepu scrummaging against Weeks, which would be a good guide to our depth. From the reports Kepu is scrumming pretty well, both in the last couple of...

Carter's missed tackle count over a season is lower than most players in one game. Vuna had better get his brownie points from passes because he won't get any from line-breaks.

This analysis leaves out some key factors. I reckon the Crusaders would be very pleased with their draw because, although they play the Stormers and Reds away they get the Brumbies, Waratahs, Sharks and Bulls at home. That easily makes up for missing two of the easy-beats. Christchurch is a...

With a selfish 10 crabbing into his space? He might not touch the ball all game unless Giteau looks like being tackled by a big flanker.

Why wouldn't he up and go. He knows the coaching staff think he's second rate, particularly the new backs coach. If I were him I'd have my manager talk to the Force and the Rebels, both of whom are weak in depth at 10.

hawko22. Just redone it, maybe I stuffed up first time.

By the time they get to round 5 and figure out that Giteau will be better at 12 with To'omua at 10, they will only have one win on the board. They've got a slew of tough matches to start and Johnathan Kaplan twice. That's effectively them out of the running unless they can learn to put on bonus...

So did a lot of other players. This might be a good match to give him a run, weeks 2 & 3 are critical we get our best team on the park.

Pretty sure both are still coming back from injury and not ready yet.

TBH, I have registered and signed up for G&GR (or at least I think I have). Can you approve please or let me know if my sign on to the G&GR pool is faulty so I can have another go.

When is the team announced for Friday?

If he replaces Jeremy Paul then that's about as good as it gets!!!!!!

I thought everyone in the team was shit-scared of Johnson. Ashton came out publicly and said he did it because the coach told him not to. I know he was a mungo but I cannot believe he could be that dumb that he didn't know that Mr Johnson was going to find a way to make him pay for his blatant...